diff --git a/.github/workflows/coordinator-image.yml b/.github/workflows/coordinator-image.yml
index 9393d003..b3bdbe79 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coordinator-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coordinator-image.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: 'Save Commit Long Hash to TXT File'
       run: |
-        echo ${{ steps.commit.outputs.long }}>"commit_sha.txt"
+        rm commit_sha
+        echo ${{ steps.commit.outputs.long }}>"commit_sha"
 
     - name: 'Build and push Docker image'
       uses: docker/build-push-action@v4
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ab8e851c..b591492f 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -646,7 +646,6 @@ frontend/src/components/PaymentMethods/Icons/webp*
 frontend/static/frontend/**
 docs/.jekyll-cache*
 docs/_site*
-commit_sha.txt
 node
 
 # mobile frontend js
diff --git a/api/utils.py b/api/utils.py
index 6a1cbb01..a23f52b1 100644
--- a/api/utils.py
+++ b/api/utils.py
@@ -155,16 +155,12 @@ def get_lnd_version():
 robosats_commit_cache = {}
 
 
-@ring.dict(robosats_commit_cache, expire=3600)
+@ring.dict(robosats_commit_cache, expire=99999)
 def get_robosats_commit():
 
-    commit = os.popen('git log -n 1 --pretty=format:"%H"')
-    commit_hash = commit.read()
-
-    # .git folder is included in .dockerignore. But automatic build will drop in a commit_sha.txt file on root
-    if commit_hash is None or commit_hash == "":
-        with open("commit_sha.txt") as f:
-            commit_hash = f.read()
+    # .git folder is included in .dockerignore. The build workflow will drop the commit_sha file in root
+    with open("commit_sha") as f:
+        commit_hash = f.read()
 
     return commit_hash
 
diff --git a/commit_sha b/commit_sha
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a1b3b555
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commit_sha
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+00000000000000000000 dev
\ No newline at end of file